Gerald Savory

Gerald Douglas Savory (17 November 1909 – 9 February 1996) was an English writer and television producer who specialised in comedies. Savory was educated at Bradfield College and worked as a stockbroker's clerk before turning to the stage (Hull Repertory Theatre Company 1931–33), first as an actor then a writer.

Career Savory's play George and Margaret, written while out of work as an actor, ran for two years at Wyndham's Theatre and a year at the Piccadilly. It then transferred to Broadway, where it ran for 86 performances, and was later filmed. His earliest work in the film industry was as a dialogue writer for director Alfred Hitchcock's Young and Innocent (1937).

Personal life Savory was married four times but had no children other than a stepson by his fourth wife. His first marriage, to writer Teo Dunbar, In 1953, he married actress Annette Carell, who died by suicide in 1967. He was survived by his fourth wife, actress Sheila Brennan, whom he married in 1970.

Plays George and Margaret 1937 (377 performances in the West End, filmed in 1940) Hand in Glove 1944 with Charles K. Freeman based on his own novel Hughie Roddis A Likely Tale 1957 A Month of Sundays 1957 So Many Children 1959 Cup and Saucer 1961 Twinkling of an Eye 1965

Novels Hughie Roddis 1942 Behold This Dreamer 1943

Television South, 24 November 1959, ITV Play of the Week (adaptation) Count Dracula, 1977 Mapp and Lucia, Series One 1985; Series Two 1986